Admitted
1979, Alabama, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh and Fifth Circuits; 1984, Supreme Court of the United States of America
Law School
Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., cum laude, 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
University of South Alabama, B.A., magna cum laude, 1976
Memberships
Mobile County, Baldwin County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Southeast Alabama Trial Lawyers Association; Christian Legal Society; Alabama Trial Lawyers Association; Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
Biographical
Omicron Delta Kappa. Winner and Best Oral Advocate, Moot Court Competition, Spring, 1979. Member, Cumberland Law Review, 1978. Associate Editor, American Journal of Trial Advocacy, 1978-1979. Author: The Secrets to a Killer Closing, International Commercial Litigation (May, 1996); Making the Most of Expert Witnesses, International Commercial Litigation (July/August, 1997). Co-Author: Wrongful Death Cases and Loss of Consortium Claims, Alabama Defense Lawyer Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1988; Status of the Causation Requirement in Medical Malpractice, The Alabama Lawyer, Vol. 49, No. 3, 1988.